Dry-closet commode.



J. H. MERSHON.

DRY CLOSET GOMMODE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1911.

Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

Ill-ll INVENTOR ITNESSES: 6E6.

' COLUMBIA I'LANOKJRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, [7. 1:7

JOHN HENRY MERSI-ION, OF VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS.

DRY-CLOSET COMMODE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 16, 1911.

Patented Aug. 26,1913. Serial No. 609,022.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY Mini- SHON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Van Alstyne, in the county of Grayson and State ofTexas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dry- GlosetCommodes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in dry closetcommodes. Its object is to provide a sanitaiydry closet for places nothaving the facility of a sewerage or water works system.

A further object is to provide a device ofv the character described thatwill be readily cleaned, simple in construction, practically odorless,and adapted to be emptied with facility.

l Vith these and various other objects in view, my invention hasrelation to certain novel features of the construction, an example ofwhich is illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing is shown a sectional elevation with parts thereof brokenaway, and with letters applied to the various parts of the structure,which letters are referred to hereinafter.

The closet A, which is provided with a door B has beneath it arectangular aperture or cavity C extending from beneath the middleportion of the closet some distance beyond the rear wall thereof. Acasing D preferably of sheet metal is made stationary in the aperture Cbeneath the closet. This casing has no bottom, nor rear wall, and hasits top level with the closet floor. An aperture is provided in saidtop, which is encircled by a flange E. Upon this flange is mounted astool F, approximately cylindrical in shape, and having a rim G upon itsupper extremity, which forms a seat. A hinged lid H is used inconjunction with the seat G in the usual manner. A receptacle J ismounted in the cavity C beneath the closet, and is ordinarily positionedwithin the easing D below the aperture in the top of said casing. Inorder to empty said receptacle, however, it may be readily withdrawnfrom the easing into the exterior portion of the cavity G. A smallflanged aperture L is provided in the top of the casing D, whichcommunicates with a ventilating flue K, which extends upwardly throughthe roof of the closet. This flue serves to carry ofi. any foul gasesand prevents the air of the closet becoming contaminated.

The above described device is especially adapted for use in ruraldistricts, villages, railway stations, or any other places not providedwith sewerage systems.

hat I claim is:

In a closet, the combination of a metal casing having its bottom andside open, said casing having two openings in its top, flanges formedintegral with the top and directed upwardly thereupon, said flanges eachsurrounding one of the openings, a cylindrical stool snugly receivingone of the flanges and having a closure at its upper end, a vent pipesnugly receiving the other flange in its lower end, and a receptaclefitting in the casing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN HENRY MERSI-ION. lVitnesses J. M. MCLEMORE, J. H. ELLIOTT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

